Inline event declarations like onclick event on a buttons are getting removed
This is intentional for security reasons, but you can disable it with the option config.parser.optionsHtml.allowUnsafeAttr (at your own risk): https://github.com/GrapesJS/grapesjs/blob/819bfcf44bb23d51990eba3b4330e9932df59cde/src/parser/config/config.ts#L116
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GrapesJS version[X] I confirm to use the latest version of GrapesJSWhat browser are you using? ChromeReproducible demo link https://jsfiddle.net/6bn43a05/Describe the bug How to reproduce the bug?Add a onclick event for a html tag What is the expected behavior? It should not remove the event after getting loaded in to the editor What is the current behavior? It removes the onclick event from html If is necessary to execute some code in order to reproduce the bug, paste it here below: Same issue reported here : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/78496572/grapesjs-removes-onclick-attributes-ho...
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This is intentional for security reasons, but you can disable it with the option config.parser.optionsHtml.allowUnsafeAttr (at your own risk): https://github.com/GrapesJS/grapesjs/blob/819bfcf44bb23d51990eba3b4330e9932df59cde/src/parser/config/config.ts#L116
The issue you're encountering, where onclick attributes are removed from HTML elements when loaded into GrapesJS, is a deliberate security feature and part of GrapesJS's HTML sanitization process. GrapesJS, like many modern HTML editors, strips potentially unsafe attributes and tags to prevent Cros...
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